As Lin Xiaoye checked the delivery address for the 37th time, an eerie notification with bronze patterns suddenly appeared on his phone: "The presence of an ancient spirit eater has been detected. Delivery fee doubled."
He looked up at the glowing green oracle-bone script floating inside the customer's window. The hand gripping his insulated box of spicy hot pot began to seep with cold copper rust.
That night, his electric delivery scooter lost control on the cross-river bridge and plunged into the water. But he opened his eyes on the riverbed, wrapped in bronze chains.
"Welcome to the trial grounds of Myriad Rivers Return to the Ruins. New player reward: fuse with the quantum soul of the cultivator Lin Xiaoye."
(The Tomato Novel reading link hides an AR scan code for a bronze tiger tally.)
